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In addition to being the world's largest privately held cruise company, employing about 23,500 people worldwide and with offices in 45 countries as of 2017, [1] MSC Cruises is the third-largest cruise company in the world, after Carnival Corporation & plc and Royal Caribbean Group, with a 10.2% share of all passengers carried in 2021.
Since 1989, MSC has owned the holiday cruise division MSC Cruises. [12] In 2015, MSC started train operations by taking over the cargo division of Comboios de Portugal, and operates container trains over the Iberian peninsula. [13] Its rail operations have later expanded to Italy and beyond, under the name Medway. [14] In 2022, the company ...
As of 2021, the cruise industry was estimated to be around US$ 23.8 billion with 13.9 million passengers per year. The following is a list of the largest cruise lines with over 1,000 passengers per year and their market share by passengers and revenue as of 2021 according to Cruise Market Watch.
In October 2018, MSC Group announced an order with Fincantieri for four luxury cruise ships. This was later increased to six, with deliveries running through to 2028. [2] The line's first ship, Explora I completed its sea trials in April 2023. Delivery was delayed due to faulty fire panels.
MSC World Europa is a World-class cruise ship of MSC Cruises. [5] LNG-powered, she was built by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, [1] and as of June 2024 is the world's eighth largest passenger ship and the largest cruise ship in the world that is not owned by Royal Caribbean International currently.
PortMiami is the busiest cruise/passenger port in the world. [17] [18] [19] It accommodates major cruise lines such as Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and MSC, among others, and also serves as the homeport of the largest cruise ship in the world by gross tonnage, Icon of the Seas.
2021 – MSC Seashore (169,380 GT) for MSC Cruises; 2021 – Valiant Lady (110,000 GT) for Virgin Voyages; 2022 – MV Mark W. Barker (26,000 GT) Interlake Steamship Company; 2022 – Resilient Lady (110,000 GT) for Virgin Voyages; 2022 – MSC Seascape (169,380 GT) for MSC Cruises; 2022 – Norwegian Prima (140,000 GT) for Norwegian Cruise Line
MSC Seashore is a Seaside EVO-class cruise ship built for MSC Cruises at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. As of August 2021, she became the lead ship of MSC's Seaside EVO class, a sub-class of the Seaside-class of ships built with larger dimensions. She was joined by sister ship MSC Seascape, since delivery in November 2022.